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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck CYPRUS REGION at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:11:22 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 88 km (54.5 miles) West of Polis, Cyprus No Tsunam...

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Richard Wilcox *Activist Post* One thing that Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) can be relied upon for: a never ending stream of disinformatio...

*I wasn't able to attend the Children of Light Conference in Denver due to finances, but here's some initial reports trickling in. More details will be forthcoming and I'll add them below. If there's a...

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Michael Snyder, *Contributor* *Activist Post* The American Dream is being systematically destroyed right in front of our eyes and most Americans ...

** *Contributor: Relayer* I know it has not been quite a week since the last Harper Watch but I have already found nine stunning pieces of news and three excellent commentary articles. *COMMENTARY* Les...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 36 km (22.4 miles), the quake hit at 13:42:30 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 304 km (188 miles) ESE of...

There hasn't been this much nail-biting and speculation since the nation awaited the series finale of *The Sopranos*. And when that last episode ended, not with a bang but with a quick whimpering fade t...

Paul Waldman makes the case that Democrats shouldn't second-guess themselvesabout the ACA if it's knocked down by the courts. His argument? It didn't matter what was in universal health insurance; whatever ...

Taipei 101 Photo Credit: Dan Nexon I spent 2-9 June in Taiwan on a trip sponsored by the government of the Republic of China. Taipei funds these trips, and others like them, as part of an effort to influe...

*American Scofflaw * The Treaty of Versailles, signed at the end of WWI, was designed to rip off Germany, to further consolidate the control of international bankers over USA and Europe, and to lay the ba...

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Julian Rose *Activist Post* If it's true that 'All the World's a Stage' then our role is to create a change of scene and a new play. Our role in...

The Justice of the Peace was right. Yes, freedom of the press is important. But so is the freedom of people to live their lives in peace. Here a young man, a child in fact, is shot and badly injured wh...

This Al Jazeera interview with Jesse Ventura gets off to such a goofy start I almost didn't watch past the first minute. It's marred by a sparkly talk-show formula reminiscent of The View or Joe Scarborou...

Albany Democrat-Herald Hasso Herring For the last 10 years Nick Drapela has taught chemistry at Oregon State University. Now the instructor will be out of a job in the fall and says he doesn’t know why...

*Source: www.noufa2.blogspot.com Date: 06.25.12* [*Cid Gallup Latinoamérica is a respected public opinion survey company and El Siglo has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Panama. The survey – ...

Xenophobia so sloppy and racist, Glenn Beck himself would blush… This recently ran on Korea’s largest broadcaster in primetime news slots until the outburst controversy grew so loud, it got pulled. Don’t ...

PPJ Gazette Marti Oakley The United Nations, that bastion of self-enriching, bloated gas bags, will soon be holding a month long convention on the *UN Small Arms TREATY*between 192 nations. Of course, Hil...

When Wake County and Raleigh planned and executed a merger in 2000, they consciously adopted a socioeconomic integration plan with the goal of no more than 40 percent free and reduced priced lunch students...

*TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012* *We are a primitive people:* Intellectually, we are a primitive people. Just consider the chaos which reigned on cable TV last night. This chaos concerned the Supreme Court’s dec...

[image: Logo for Guy McPherson's blog, 'Nature Bats Last'.] By Guy McPherson 22 June 2012 British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is well known for his views on monetary policy. The printing-...

It is hard to predict the future of the Liberal Party of Canada. Richard Gwyn wrote yesterday that Bob Rae's decision to not seek the party leadership has made it possible -- the first time in a long ...

*Luis Dias from Brazil's former European headquarters kindly translates the essence of the video in the comments* Rio de Janeiro has witnessed another preposterous environmentalist summit a few days ago...

[image: An alleged photo of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Associated Press] [Tax dollars for anti-science, another manifestation of Peak Education.] By Claudine Zap, The Sideshow 25 June 2012 It s...

Survey time! Please choose the answer closest to what you would actually do. More information: 1. The acquaintance does not read this blog. 2. After answering the question, please feel free to discuss i...

[image: A cleaner cleans the facade of a Bankia-Caja Madrid bank branch in the Andalusian capital of Seville, 25 June 2012. Spain formally requested European aid for its banks on Monday but did not speci...

[image: Force of Nature: Michael Mann, a paleoclimatologist, has been the subject of lawsuits, congressional investigations, and an anthrax scare. Tom Clynes]By Tom Clynes 21 June 2012 There’s no polic...

[image: Logo for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. uncsd2012.org]By George Monbiot, www.guardian.co.uk 25 June 2012 It is, perhaps, the greatest failure of col...

Alfano v. Piersanti, 2012 ONCA 442 is a good current example of the principle that where a decision disposes finally of a material issue the decision gives rise to a final order. It is often hard to decide...

This documentary is about people who have made real steps towards their dream -creation of their own kins domains and life in close connection with land. Some people are calling selves tree talker or co...

We love funny rice (couscous) in this house. Our first experience with couscous was on the salad bar at Jason's Deli and we have never looked back. We have tried it many different ways and this lightly ...

Happy Birthday to Mick Jones, 57. The only Mick Jones who matters, I guess I should say by way of clarification. Some good stuff: 1. I know this was last week, but I meant to link to E.J. Graff's excell...

What the hell is going on? Why the meme creation? Is a narrative being created for some kind of biological warfare? Of course, I don't know. The continuous news of this type has got my suspicions aroused....

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] NORML image Phillip Smith *Stop The Drug War* The Legal Aid Society in New York City announced Friday that it had filed a lawsuit against the NYP...

As soon as Steve Israel took over the DCCC he signaled that he learned nothing about the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010 by contacting scores of Blue Dogs and New Dems who had lost their seats and beggi...

Found this yesterday - and it's almost a month old. BUT it is very important Virginia Democratic Party of Virginia - passed this resolution: *The 2012 Democratic Party of Virginia State Convention* *Urge...

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Anthony Gucciardi *Activist Post* Do you remember how some scientists, researchers, and individuals like Bill Gates were trying to release geneti...

Link: http://youtu.be/yxwPf-b4xB4 Lots to tell. The Shadows always were an example for me playing the guitar. I am currently busy finalizing a 6 weeks test-run of Kubuntu 12.04 in my production environmen...

InterPressService Mauro Tedon Subject to politicizationJun 25 2012- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is “significantly underfunded”, warns a new report released here on Monday. The agency ...

Part of Darwin is in lockdown and residents are being warned to stay away from their homes as police hunt a fugitive wanted over the beheading of a man in northern NSW. More than 100 Northern Territory p...

ISTANBUL — As the crisis with Syria over the downing of a Turkish warplane showed no sign of easing, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by the support of NATO allies, issued a blunt warning to Da...

*This is the second in a series of guest posts by Stuart J. Kaufman of the University of Delaware*. *Stuart advances a long-running dispute with PTJ about whether "what goes on inside people's heads" is r...

People remain unaccounted for after a large explosion "completely flattened" a house in the Shaw area of Oldham, firefighters have said. Greater Manchester Fire Service said a search was under way for peo...

Sayer Ji, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Conservative estimates indicate that the 2010 BP oil disaster released over 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, followed by at least 1.8 million gallons o...

Help a war resister adopt a service dog! So far we have raised $3,030 of the $8,000 needed. (The ChipIn page shows the amount donated online, but does not include cheques mailed in.) Every donation brin...

Empty Wheel A suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan has caused multiple casualties today. Accounts of the bombing by Reuters and the New York Times have substantial differences in pertinent details, but t...

In recent two weeks, the template of this blog has undergone a larger number of changes than it did in previous 3 or so years combined. What we have primarily changed is the provider of the comments. Inst...

woke up near-screaming, with a terrible presence hanging over my left shoulder like a blood sucking fishman (illustration right), this morning. Coincided with our new alarm clock going off, but that's just...

*“The Most Expensive Home In America”* By Daniel Bates "Ira Rennert, who is worth $5.4 billion, is best known for the 29-bedroom estate he built in Sagaponack in The Hamptons in New York which is said t...

(Reuters) - Greek coalition leaders are expected to appoint Yannis Stournaras, a respected economist who was part of the team that negotiated the country's entry into the euro, as new finance minister, fo...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE at a depth of 22 km (13.6 miles), the quake hit at 10:38:54 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) West of Valparaís...

*“Why Stress Makes You Miserable”* by Gisela Telis “Stress really does mess with your mind. A new study has found that chronic stress can create many of the brain changes associated with mood disorders...

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The reactor of the Fermi 2 nuclear plant in Monroe County has been shut down due to an equipment problem. The Monroe Evening News reports crews idled the plant around 1:30...

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp reported a leak in a supply line on the T1 tower at its 502,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that led to a release of benzene, according to a filin...

WNEM TV5 has new information about a family who contracted a mystery illness after a family reunion trip up north. Tonight officials have confirmed at least one person has a case of Legionnaires disease...

PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a central Florida woman was hospitalized and her dogs died after they were attacked by a swarm of bees. Martin County Fire Rescue reports the woman was going for a ...

More storms will hit eastern and southwestern provinces in three days. Many parts of China have been hit by torrential rains over the last few days, resulting in the evacuation of millions of people and m...

Turkey says its military rules of engagement have changed after Syria shot down a Turkish plane that strayed into its territory. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament that if Syrian troops threatened T...

(Reuters) - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky still maintains he is innocent of sexually abusing children, remains determined to clear his name and insists that he has always been ...

(Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the euro zone's four biggest economies will hold last-minute talks in Paris on Tuesday evening to try to narrow differences on the currency area's future after Cyprus became ...

(CNN) -- Already deluged by a stubborn cyclone that wouldn't move, northern Florida could get another 6 to 12 inches of rain over the next two days as Tropical Storm Debby hovers in the northern Gulf of M...

(CNN) -- The death toll from a landslide that buried three villages in eastern Uganda stood at 18 on Tuesday, with rescue officials fearing the figure would rise. Another 92 were injured and countless mor...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- One of the two reactors slated to be fired up again at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power station is expected to be restarted on July 1, utility officials said Monday. Work to r...

This could be good news for those that challenge Andrew Bolt’s extreme right-wing views at his online blog. In his latest post he writes, almost as an ‘Oh, and I nearly forgot’: *Please note: I am told th...

As this week's European summit approaches, the frequency of meetings increases. The finance ministers of Italy, Spain, Germany and France will meet in Paris this evening. The following evening Chancellor ...

A South Wales charity has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of targeting youngsters on benefits in a speech on welfare reform while failing to tackle millionaire tax dodgers. The Prime Minister wants ...

It could take several weeks for bank customers to have all the effects of the RBS account problems sorted out, the Financial Ombudsman Service has warned. A computer software upgrade at RBS failed last w...

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country's military levels have been raised after Syria shot down a Turkish plane that strayed over its territory. He said if Syrian troops threatened Turkey's bor...

A convicted burglar was so fed up with probation meetings disturbing his sleep he persuaded a judge to send him to jail. Kierran Batchelor, 21, from Coventry in England, was handed a suspended 40-week se...

Two Thai men arrested over the stabbing murder of Perth Travel agent Michelle Smith in a botched bag-snatch robbery have pleaded guilty, local police said today as the pair took part in a re-enactment. L...

Residents between Mandurah and Walpole are being warned to prepare for rough weather. The Bureau of Meteorology says a cold front moving over the area this morning could see damaging winds of up to 125 k...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 85.5 km (53.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:10:45 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) ENE f...

An elderly man has drowned and almost 700 people have been evacuated from their homes after devastating flash floods hit British Columbia Interior over the weekend. A raging river swept away and drowned ...

Actor Dylan McDermott has solved the mystery of his mother's violent murder 45 years after it happened. The actor, who won a Golden Globe for his role in The Practice and starred in the 1993 movie In the...

The husband of one of former President George W. Bush's closest advisors was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. Terry Peters, 67, was arrested on Saturday after police in Arizona's...

Police in northern New Jersey are trying to identify a man who was found wandering naked through the woods yesterday afternoon. The man was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center for evaluation because ...

Ever since the September 11 attacks, the government has stepped up security at airports in a bid to stop terrorists from repeating their feat of hijacking commercial aeroplanes. But officials could be ig...

This chilling picture shows the 'rape kit' which a man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint was carrying in his car as he followed her on the highway a month later. Aaron Johnson had black...

A Seattle serial flasher was caught forcing people to watch him masturbate while on his way to face indecent exposure charges in court. Vladimir Mishkov, 26, boasts of having flashed his genitals '200 to ...

The design (right), which combines grey and green blotches in a pixellated pattern, was supposed to disguise soldiers equally well in desert and in more temperate terrain. But critics claim that the camou...

A pediatrician has admitted possessing hundreds of thousands of images and videos of child pornography. Todd Parrilla, 48, had a practice in Pawcatuck in south-eastern Connecticut at the time of the arre...

Biased BBC report that: 'The BBC has commissioned a report on the BBC’s coverage of the ‘Arab Spring’…its conclusions…. 'The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring was generally impartial but could have benef...

San Francisco police are searching for a 22-year-old man who vanished without a trace nearly a week ago after meeting someone through a social media app. Evan Flanary, who only recently moved to San Franc...

A multi-millionaire who went missing at sea was told by his wife that she wanted a divorce hours before he disappeared, it was claimed today. A lawyer for Guma Aguiar's mother Ellen said the wealthy phila...

The boss of MI5 warns that a new generation of British terrorists have moved to unstable countries to train for attacks on the UK. The head of MI5 has warned that young British men are heading to new terro...

Natural disasters across the U.S. are causing death and destruction as wildfires tear through northern Colorado and a tropical storm is drowning Florida and Alabama. More than 250 homes have been inciner...

A 'possessed' Seattle woman starved and brutally tortured six children over a period of at least four years in what is being described as a real life 'house of horrors'. Maria Gonzales Esquivel, 47, phys...

this is interesting... Address at the Lord Mayor’s Annual Defence and Security Lecture by the Director General of the Security Service, Jonathan Evans. Mansion House, City of London, 25 June 2012 It's ...

In a possible gay hate crime, two teenage girls in a relationship have been found shot in the head with one dying from her injuries. Mollie Olgin, 19, was fatally shot while her girlfriend, Mary Christine...

A heavily pregnant woman and two accomplices murdered a pensioner with a hammer to get to a safe where they thought he had stashed £30,000. But when Daniel Davies, his stepbrother Troy Schuldt and Davies’...

A mysterious ancient building in Syria, described as a 'landscape for the dead' could be as old as 10,000 years ago - far older than the Great Pyramid. But scientists have been unable to explore the ruin...

David Cameron is facing renewed pressure to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU after Germany said it would let its people have one. German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterd...

The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring has been heavily criticised – by the corporation’s bosses. Head of news Helen Boaden admitted that her journalists got carried away with events and produced ‘over-ex...

WASHINGTON – The election of an Islamist president in Egypt is turning longstanding U.S. policy in the Mideast inside out: The Obama administration is relieved that the candidate representing three decade...

A software update at a big bank which happened a week ago is still causing chaos for customers' bank accounts despite being fixed. Bank accounts at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the NatWest bank w...

Nato is to meet in emergency session after Syria shot down a Turkish plane - an act condemned by Turkey as a "serious threat" to regional peace. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Turkey described th...

In an assessment of the security threat facing the UK, MI5 Director-General Jonathan Evans predicts a successful and memorable London Olympics but expresses growing concern about Iran. The head of MI5 say...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck MAULE, CHILE at a depth of 84 km (52 miles), the quake hit at 07:09:27 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4.3 miles) South of Talca, Maule, Chile No Re...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 81.8 km (50.8 miles), the quake hit at 05:05:25 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) South of Gombangan, Indones...

June 21, 2012 *CORRECTION: *What I say are lateral roots are actually secondary roots, mainly used for water storage. The fine lateral roots branch off the primary root system which usually drills deep...

Don't those pancakes look yummy! Photo courtesy: thibeault'stable.com One way to sneak some healthy fruit and nutrition into your loved ones (and establish a new family favourite) is banana pancakes with ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, with Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois … or something very much like that. The politicians pictured above may not be exactly as illustrated in real life. Below: Tho...

Man feeding pigeons. Photo courtesy: Mat McDermott/CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 New research shows that pigeons have more advanced cognitive processes than we commonly give them credit for, that they can recognize fami...

*He talked about antiparticles, CPT, spin, and statistics* You may watch those 70 minutes. Feynman starts by saying that Dirac has been his hero so he was honored to give a Dirac lecture. Dirac was a ma...

*Researchers have clocked light beams made of warped waves carrying 2.5 terabits of information the capability of more than 66 DVDs per second.*The method relies on manipulating what is known as the orbita...

'People Power' helps only the criminals. Egypt is no longer safe for tourists. In Cairo "parts of the ring road encircling this capital are dangerous no man’s lands, unsafe to drive on, by day or night...

Haldeman's diary: -- Got into the Martha Mitchell problem. Apparently she called [reporter] Helen Thomas the other night and said if John didn't get his ass out of politics she was going to kick him out ...

* * *Storm chasers converging on Saskatchewan hoping to catch sight of tornadoes ** * *REGINA - A storm chaser says he and others from the southern United States are going to be watching the skies in southe...

This clip shows the countless times that Aaron Sorkin has repeated himself. The borrowing spans his entire body of work and I think it's brilliant. This clip made me want to watch *Sports Night*, *West Win...

If you haven't looked closely at your Facebook contact information in a while, then it may come as a surprise. The social network with 900 million profiles, has taken it upon itself to change users' emai...

The conversation is one being repeated across the country: ‘Feeling hot and everything aches. Think I might have the flu.’ ‘A colleague has just called in with similar. Have you seen a doctor?’ The diffe...

David Cameron is facing renewed pressure to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU after Germany said it would let its people have one. German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said yesterd...

Officials say final death toll may be in hundreds after landslides caused by torrential rain bury homes Landslides induced by torrential rain have destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of B...

A mother has been arrested after allegedly throwing her two young sons to their deaths from a 15th-floor balcony because she was 'fed up' with them. Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking emotionless on su...

The ‘white widow’ of a 7/7 London bomber is the prime suspect for a deadly terror attack in Kenya. Samantha Lewthwaite, whose husband Jermaine Lindsay blew up a Piccadilly Line train, has been on the run...

Campaigners are calling for a ban on a colouring linked to cancer which has been found in Coca-Cola sold in Britain. A chemical in the caramel colouring that gives the drink its distinctive colour has be...

Banker Stephen Hester faced calls to forfeit his bonus and fall on his sword yesterday after the computer meltdown continued to cause chaos for millions. A leading peer said there was ‘no question’ of th...

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Land mine explosions have killed at least 73 people in Yemen's Abyan province since al Qaeda fighters were defeated two weeks ago, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Among those kille...

CANADA’S DAY OF INFAMY MNN. 25 June 1012. Every July 1st Canadians celebrate the birth of their corporation. By Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com July 1, 1867 Canada was issued its ...

(CNN) -- The Egyptian uprising, launched by young liberals hoping to bring freedom, democracy and equality to their country, has finally produced a new president. Mohamed Morsi, long known as the hard-li...

SRINAGAR: More than two dozen people were injured in clashes with police in downtown Srinagar after a fire broke out in 200-year-old Peer Dastageer Sahib shrine at Khanyar. The fire, which started in the ...

President Moncef Marzouki has rebuked the prime minister for allowing a former Libyan official to be extradited to Libya, prompting fears on Monday of a split in the governing coalition. Some government ...

(Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded the long-term debt and deposit ratings for 28 Spanish banks and two issuer ratings, following on the heels of a cut to Spain's sovereign rating t...

(Reuters) - Struggling debtor Spain is likely to pay its highest short-term borrowing rates in over six months on Tuesday as investors demand high premiums, skeptical about euro zone leaders' readiness to ...

A British man is facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign Office has confirmed. A local news report claimed the unnamed Briton is a 21-year-old. He was sentenced in Abu Dhabi alo...

The head of MI5 has warned that young British men are heading to new terror training grounds in North Africa and the Middle East. Arab Spring revolutions in Libya, Syria and Egypt have created unstable a...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the FLORES REGION, INDONESIA at a depth of 80.2 km (49.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:31:01 UTC Tuesday 26th June 2012 The epicenter was 15 km (9.3 miles) North of Kem...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 94 km (58.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:58:00 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) NNW of Viso...

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck AZERBAIJAN at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:05:58 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 1 km (0.6 miles) South of Saki, Azerbaijan No Reports ...

The remaining Day Zero activities, in direct contrast to yesterday, went smoothly - free shuttle to O'Hare and breezed through security in ninety seconds flat. From Logan a free shuttle ride and $2 light-r...

*Note: signatures are only valid for those who are members of International Studies Association at the time of review. Please do not sign if you are not, or will not, be an ISA member.* Below is a lette...

Sometimes, if you wait long enough for a clear and moonless night, the stars will come out with a vengeance. One such occasion occurred earlier this month at the Piton de l'Eau on Reunion Island. In the f...

*“You'll Be The Death Of Me Yet”* by Chet Raymo "What parent hasn't said that to a child. Or at least thought it. "You're taking years off my life," we say. And maybe we mean it and maybe we don't, bu...

If folk wondered/hoped/were frightened that John Key’s second term would see him unleash the hounds of radical reform, with yesterday’s announcement of a ten-point five-year plan—one complete with “Key ...

*America is a military dictatorship.* The plan to implement martial law in the United States is slowly falling into place. The sighting of* **tanks on the streets* of St. Louis is another sign that A...

[image: Wildfire in the Whitewater-Baldy Complex of the Gila National Forest, 31 May 2012. Kari Greer / US Forest Service Gila National Forest via flickr] By Nathanael Massey and ClimateWire 14 June 201...

If you’ve been enjoying the Guest Posts that have appeared here from Dale Halling on Intellectual Property, then you’re going to *love* this special offer, a FREE Kindle version of his book explaining ...

In Federal Court:* Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 election. Conservative Party of Canada: Maude Barlow hates us. Council of Canadians: There was vote supression in the 2011 ...

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page's quest to force the Harper GovernmentTM to release details of its budget cuts escalated over the weekend, when Page said that the government's secrecy could lay the...

Light blogging this week, on the road. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and sco...

Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer. The only remaining Pinta Island tortoise and celebrated conservation icon passed away Sunday, the Galapagos National Park Service said in a ...

Voices of the Future: We need to change our ways - YouTube: June 21, 2012: 11-year-old Ta'Kaiya is outside the Rio 20 plenary urging world leaders to act now, and calls the society to the Earth Revolutio...

Yes, GDP is a very imperfect measure, but look at this graph showing GDP (as a proxy for production) over the last two millennia: [image: image] You should read this in the context of the graph below sh...

*"Would Finding Aliens Shatter Religious Beliefs?"* by Mike Wall "The discovery of life beyond Earth would shake up our view of humanity's place in the universe, but it probably wouldn't seriously thr...

Republicans have become so accustomed to getting away with lying, sometimes they slip up and admit the truth. Take this Pennsylvania Republican who admitted in public Voter ID laws are really about suppres...

*"The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia"* By Matt Taibbi "Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia. Of course, you won't hear the recent financial corru...

*“Money in America”* by James Quinn “It’s over 100 ‘pages’ and I didn’t think to set the numbering, my bad. But it’s all in one piece, a few minor corrections and additions. (Every time I look at the te...

Three pieces to steer you to today. James Fallows has sparked plenty of talk by using the word "coup" to talk about the possible decision by the Supremes on ACA. At Greg's place, I talk about Constitution...

* * * * *Posted at http://2012portal.blogspot.ca/* *by Cobra on June 25, 2012* I would like to bring to your attention that this Sunday, June 24th, was the exact time of Uranus-Pluto square, a very po...

The big debate today is still about DRM and whether it is necessary to prevent piracy . Some would argue that it is more of a sledgehammer to crack a virtual nut and mechanism that is actually failing t...

*"The American War Racket"* by Bill Bonner "One of the advantages of moving overseas is that you see home more clearly. We came to France last week. Already, America comes into clearer focus. The Fr...

(Reuters) - A fifth euro zone country turned to Brussels for emergency funding on Monday when Cyprus announced it was seeking a lifeline for its banks and its budget, hours after Spain submitted a formal ...

About 70 years ago, thousands of Allied aircrew packed themselves in to large, slow moving and vulnerable bombers, flew over German cities and dropped incalculable numbers of high explosive and incendiary bo...

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby weakened slightly as it moved slowly over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, dumping heavy rains and threatening to bring flooding and tornadoes to parts of Florida. ...

Syrian forces opened fire on second Turkish plane: deputy PM Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc also said for the first time that Syrian forces had opened ground fire on a CASA search and rescue ...

Not that this is ever going to be allowed to go anywhere, but you have to love Bernie Sanders for trying to revoke Citizens United via a constitutional amendment. Sign his petition at the link. Yes, I...

Beijing, Jun 24 (PTI) At least four people were killed and 100 others injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted a remote mountainous area in southwest China today, leaving a trail of destruction. T...

Men wearing what appeared to be police uniforms opened fire in a food court at Mexico City's international airport on Monday, killing three federal policemen on an anti-drug mission as panicked witnesses d...

Ontario Deputy Judges' Association v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2012 ONCA 437 is a helpful decision making clear that a judge serving at the pleasure of a chief justice is permissible while serving at th...

Rescuers are slowly edging closer to a person they say is still alive under the rubble of a mall collapse in Northern Ontario as officials confirm one person is dead and at least 30 others are unaccounted...

Cyprus becomes fifth eurozone country to ask for outside financial help after it is caught in backwash of Greek crisis Cyprus has become the fifth eurozone country to seek outside financial help to shore ...

A second Turkish plane has been shot at by Syria, Turkey's deputy prime minister said, as it was searching for the wreckage of a fighter jet downed by Syria last week. Bulent Arinc told a televised news ...

'a racist is someone that’s winning an argument with a guardian reader or other lefty – no more, no less' Not my definition but one that I found on the web today and bearing in mind my last post and the n...

And Dan Gardner and other twits stand up for him. Gardner, pull your head out of your ass. Either the harpercons are a threat to democracy, either they are contemptuous of Parliament, either they are frau...

James Fallows asks what would we say if this was happening in another country: * First, a presidential election is decided by five people, who don't even try to explain their choice in normal legal terms...

*I call it that because it never appeared in my printed paper, and I bought one and looked for it since* "CIA aiding those supplying weapons to Syria rebels" by Eric Schmitt | New York Times, June 21, ...

Security was stepped up around the Eiffel Tower today after an English-speaking man climbed to the top and then jumped to his death. The 25-year-old suicide victim, who has not been named but who came fr...

These disturbing images show dogs being cooked and served up as a meal in a grim Chinese tradition. The animals are chopped up and cooked in front of diners - despite a growing anti-cruelty campaign. A ...

Tanks on American streets is one more sign that America is entering a new era of overt military rule. http://www.infowars.com/media-dismisses-warning-about-tyranny-and-troops-on-the-street-as-kooky-consp...

World stocks fell sharply today amid concern that a critical European summit later this week will not yield a deal that might restore confidence in the future of the 17-country euro currency. Investors al...

(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was expected to face a bill of 100 million pounds or more from last week's computer systems failure that caused massive disruption for millions of customers. Brit...

Good news! Bank Computer Develops Conscience THOUSANDS of people were unable to withdraw cash yesterday after a super-intelligent bank computer began to question its moral purpose. Giant computer BANK-9000...

If you're willing to put blind faith in the AMA, the Republican Party and corporate America (Monsanto), you probably aren't going to worry much about Frankenfood anyway. If you're concerned about eating ...

I hope this is a translation problem. My concern is a statement in a report about contamination found in a Tokyo park: NHK: Radioactive hot spots found in Tokyo park http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has reacted angrily to the use of its flag during live-fire drills by South Korea and the United States, calling it "a grave provocative act." The comments from Py...

A gunman "smirked or laughed" after shooting a student through the head at close range, a jury has heard. Kiaran Stapleton, 21, is accused of killing Anuj Bidve in the early hours of Boxing Day last year...

I am supposed to be on vacation right now.. But I am still surfing the Internet, and will be placing an article up in this blog from time to time over the next few weeks. While surfing the net late yeste...

Who should lead the Liberal Party? Who cares? To me, and I suspect a great many other Canadians, the Liberal Party is and will remain irrelevant until it speaks to us about things that matter. I have ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Germany tamped down expectations Monday that this week's European Union summit would emerge with any significant action on Greece as the debt-strapped nation's two key politicians st...

(Reuters) - Syria described its shooting down of a Turkish warplane as an act of self-defense and warned Turkey and its NATO allies against any retaliatory measures. In shell-shattered districts of Homs,...

Syria warned Nato on Monday that its territory was “sacrosanct” as the military alliance prepared to discuss Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish air force jet last week. The fallout from the incident, whic...

When writing about environmental calamity descending on the United States one must resist the urge to resort to "they had it coming." Yes, America has been a huge and to date insurmountable obstacle to ...

The thing about dog whistles is that dogs yap when they hear them. Back in 2008, while Ken Epp was insisting that his private member's bill, C484, the 'Unborn Victims of Crime' bill, had absotively nothing...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF BIO-BIO, CHILE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:38:16 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 106 km (65 miles) WSW of Lebu, ...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck GUATEMALA at a depth of 91.2 km (56.7 miles), the quake hit at 14:37:49 UTC Monday 25th June 2012 The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) South of Pasaco, Guatemala No Tsunam...

*This is the first in a series of guest posts by Stuart J. Kaufman of the University of Delaware*. *Stuart advances a long-running dispute with PTJ about whether "what goes on inside people's heads" is re...

CBPP's Chuck Marr and Chye-Ching Huang published a paper earlier this month arguing that some proponents of tax reform are going about it all wrong; in particular, they argue, tax reform must raise revenue...

Der Spiegel Ulrike Putze *Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has won presidential elections in Egypt, but the country's military stripped the office of its powers before his victory was even ann...

*MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012* *Who taught Chris Hayes how to talk:* On Sunday, the New York Times did a profile of Chris Hayes, who hosts an MSNBC show on weekend mornings. Hayes strikes us as a smart, sincere...

Perhaps like an alcoholic or drug addict, our children, teachers, public schools and country will have to hit rock bottom before finding a way to recover from the last 30 years of destructive corporate ...

The EU has condemned Syria's downing of a Turkish jet, but has ruled out military action. Turkey has said the jet mistakenly strayed into Syrian airspace Friday, but was quickly warned to leave by Turki...

(Reuters) - Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president whose powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition on Monday after touring his new palace, once home of Hosni Mu...

LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary today admitted hacking into the websites of the CIA and the Pentagon as well as the Serious Organised Crime Squad in the UK. Cleary confessed to launching a string of cyber-atta...

Sometimes you run into something – that just scares the crap out of you. And yes – again – it has to do with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In this little snip below – President Reagan ...

Yesterday, Tim Harper speculated about who would stay in and who would be tossed out of Stephen Harper's cabinet. To qualify for Harper's cabinet, you have to be a cheerleader. But the truth is that eve...

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